About

I’m Allen Hutchison, a builder and engineer with more than thirty years of experience turning ideas into reality. My career has been a winding path through startups and Google, moving between leading teams and diving deep into the code. I never moved because a job was going badly. I moved because I had stopped being confused, and being confused turned out to be the part I liked.

After years leading large engineering organizations across Google Maps, Core, Core ML, and the AI Developer group, I came full circle and returned to my roots as a builder — spending my last year at Google as a Distinguished Engineer at DeepMind, working on AI agents and developer tools including the Gemini CLI and the Antigravity SDK.

In 2026, after twenty-one years, I left to take that further. I’m the co-founder and CTO of Vycari, where Chris Perry and I are building agents for everyone who doesn’t want AI to become a hobby. Getting real value from an agent today means curating skills, picking models, managing keys, and configuring sandboxes. That’s not a tool, it’s a pastime, and most people don’t want one. Closing the distance between what these systems can do and what an ordinary person actually gets out of them is the most interesting problem I know.

Outside of work, I’m devoted to my family, an aspiring woodworker and luthier, and a guitar enthusiast. I love finding ways to blend technology with my hobbies, whether it’s building custom guitars with the help of 3D modeling tools or exploring new ways to automate my creative process. I live in San Jose, California, with my wife Jenna, our son Tommy, and our playful dog, Cloudy.

In “Letters from Silicon Valley,” I share insights from both my professional and personal experiences, exploring the convergence of technology, life, and creativity.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this blog are solely my own and do not reflect the views, positions, or policies of Vycari or any other organization I’m affiliated with.